Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Default Colors

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Eric Nichols wrote:
> Tab::Frame seems to rely on the OS settings for window color.  Can the
> default colors/fonts be modified in a global sense?

Hi,
While I don't know Win32::GUI all that well just yet, it would seem likel=
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the current system color scheme can be modified in the registry. SOme app=
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such as display set, do jjust this. URL:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,31114,00.asp

By the way, if they'll still require you to subscribe for downloads, I ha=
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the old free version that used to be available on the site. I can send it=
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you off-list, if you'd like.

Anyway, you could monitor what displayset actually does using Sysinternal=
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regmon:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html

Lastly, I'd like to remind you that the solution is at best still a hack,=
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I'd say. As far as I know most windows in Win32 let you toggle their colo=
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individually, without having to deliberately disrespect the user's color=20
preferences temporarily in all open applications. It will get you into=20
trouble sooner or later. Hard-coded black text is a classic one and I kno=
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many sighted and sight-impaired people who prefer seriously off-white win=
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colors e.g. yellow or gray. Further more, there are some inverse standard=
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schemes with white window text, which further complicates matters.=20
Highconttrast Black comes to mind very first. See your control panel's=20
display applet for a demonstration.

Well if accessibility or general user-convenience is not an issue, then t=
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solution is fine I guess. But I just posted to say that it is far ffrom=20
optimal, from the user point of view. Hope the tip about display set migh=
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be helpful, too.

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With kind regards Veli-Pekka T=E4til=E4 (vt...@ma...)
Accessibility, game music, synthesizers and programming:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~vtatila/=20